Brazil Grants Asylum to Ousted Ecuador President
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › April 21, 2005
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QUITO, Ecuador -- Brazil has granted asylum to former Ecuador President Lucio Gutierrez, who was in the Brazilian Embassy on Thursday after being removed from office by Congress amid street protests calling for his ouster for abuse of power and misrule.
Gutierrez, who was in the Brazilian Embassy, was granted asylum on Wednesday, Brazilian Ambassador Sergio Florencia told Radio Caracol in Bogota, Colombia.See the full content of this document
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Brazil Grants Asylum to Ousted Ecuador President
"We are taking the necessary steps with the Ecuadorean Foreign Ministry to finalize procedures to obtain his safe conduct and his transfer to Brazil," Florencia said, adding that he hoped it would occur "as soon as possible."
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